RWAS Winter Fair 2014

An entry of ten pairs of Llanwenog lambs from eight exhibitors were forward at
the 25th Royal Welsh Agricultural Society Winter Fair held at Builth Wells on 1st &
2nd December. Judged by Malcolm Stewart from Melrose in Scotland, John and
Meinir Green won the class with a fine pair of homebred ewe lambs ahead of a
pair from Huw and Lynwen Jenkins.

The first prize winners went forward to the Lowland Section Championship.
Whilst not emulating last years success by Arfon & Rhian Williams, they were
pulled in third behind the Southdown and Suffolk. Another excellent result for the
breed at this prestigious event claimed to be the finest Primestock Show in
Europe, which attracted a record entry of 421 pair of lambs.

Elsewhere at the show, Gareth & Wendy Evans (Parcyrhos) won the class for any
other Lowland breeds with a pair of Shropshire lambs. Elfyn & Sharon Morgans
(Glwydwern) showed a particularly nice homebred Limousin X heifer calf in the
Baby Beef Section. It was awarded a 2nd prize and went on to sell well.

South of England Show results

Margaret Brain, Whiteparish flock 211, likes to show her sheep in mixed classes and this year has also entered the Llanwenog into some ‘commercial’ show
classes with remarkably impressive results. She is also a keen promoter of Llanwenog wool and enters fleece classes, in numerous show events.

The following are her results – in particular, she was ‘chuffed’ by the Ellingham Show performance, the breed doing well in a very mixed class of 10.

NSA South Sheep – 30 June 2014

Section: Fleece

Class: Hill - 1st

Singleton Show – 20 July 2014

Section: Fleece

Class: Shortwool - 2nd

New Forest & Hampshire County Show – 29-31 July 2014

Section: Fleece

Class: Shortwool - 2nd

Ellingham & Ringwood – 9 August 2014

Section: Shortwool

Class:

Ram Lamb - 1st

Ewe Lamb - 3rd & 4th

Group of Three - 2nd

Butchers lambs - 2nd (Purebred stock entered)

Gillingham & Shaftesbury – 20 August 2014

Section: Commercial

Class: Pair commercial ewe lambs - 3rd (Purebred stock entered)

Romsey Agricultural Show – 13 September 2014

Section: Heath, Hill & Longwool

Class: Ram lamb - 3rd

Ewe Lamb - 2nd & 4th

Group of Three - 1st - out of 8 groups entered

West Country Local Shows

Two members have been actively showing this season with some good results as follows:

Tivyside - 12 July 2014

Derbyshire County Show - 22 June 2014

Brian Williams (Red Burrow) & Maggie Wilson (Pessall) showed just how well the Llanwenog can do in mixed breed classes. Brian's single entry - a yearling ewe - stood out from the crowd. She came top of a class of 16 including Ryeland, Kerry Hill, Cheviot & Dorset Down and was judged 'Any Other Native Breeds' Reserve Champion. Maggie's ewe was in the final six line up. Maggie was also showing South Downs and took both 2nd and 3rd place in the Ram Classes.

Royal Three Counties Show 2014

National Rare & Minority Breeds Show 15 June

Champion ewe - Tallantire and Reserve ram - Pessall

RAM

RAM LAMB

EWE

EWE LAMB

GROUP

1st

Pessall(Maggie Wilson)

Whiteparish(Margaret Brain)

Tallantire(Jill Bennett)

Whiteparish

Pessall

2nd

Tallantire

Tallantire

Pessall

Whiteparish

Tallantire

3rd

Pessall

Whiteparish

4th

Tallantire

5th

Clover(The Aylings)

6th

Clover

Charles Horton, Jill Bennett, Philp Hodges and Maggie Wilson

CHAMPION – Tallantire Yearling Ewe

RESERVE - Pessall Senior Ram - Charndon Bred

JUDGE – Philip Hodges, Charndon & Alan Muddiman

This show represents the National Championship for members of the Llanwenog Sheep Breeders Support Group and a variety of cups are presented for the different classes.

Llanwenog fleeces were entered into two different sections; Margaret Brain's fleece was 1st in the Shortwool category and Jill Bennett's was 1st and Alison Aylings was 2nd in the Hill Sheep Wool category.

Bath & West Show – (Saturday Sheep) 31 May

Two Llanwenog Breeders exhibited in the Heath, Hill & Upland Breeds Section. These classes attract Badger face, Black Welsh Mountain, Exmoor Horn and Herdwicks ... a fair challenge for the judge, Johnathan Crump, a fellow Llanwenog Breeder (Burfords Flock). He awarded Margaret Brain – Whiteparish Flock – a 1st in the Ewe & lambs class. This 5 yr old ewe has won this class for three years in a row! Jill Bennett – Tallantire Flock – achieved 2nd in the Ram and 2nd in the Ewe & lambs class.

Staffordshire County Show - 28/29 May

With English breeders scattered across the country, the local shows provide a great showcase and the breed tends to fare well in mixed classes of other native breeds.
This show attracts large class sizes; the Llanwenog is eligible for the 'Other Rare & Minority Native Breed' section.

Mr Douwe Koop (Throstles Nest Flock) repeated his excellent performance in the Ram Lamb Class taking the Rare & Minority Native Breed Ram Lamb Cup for the third year in a row.

Maggie Wilson (Pessall Flock) came 2nd in the Ram class to the Hill Radnor Section Champion